Chapter 22: Partitioning the Island of Giant Insects
Konoha Village, Hokage Office——
The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was sitting in the Hokage's seat, looking at various work reports and smoking a cigarette with a little comfort.
The Nine-Tails Rebellion has only been a week. Thanks to Minato's original proposal to use Earth Release and Sun Release ninjas to assist the construction industry and other tasks, accumulated experience, and increased the immigrant population and income, the village's restoration has gone so smoothly. Now in the village
The trauma on the physical level has basically been smoothed away. As long as people's hearts stabilize again, Konoha will still be the strongest ninja village even without the "golden flash".
According to Minato at the time of the discussion, the idea was proposed by a "coward" who resigned from his position as a ninja because he was afraid of fighting. In wartime, it would sound like an excuse to escape from the war, but it was really a good thing for peaceful Konoha. The group that always played the opposite tune
Having no objection is even better.
That "coward" was from the Uchiha clan, and even awakened the Wood Release. Considering the impact, Hiruzen still feels a bit sorry for treating the Uchiha clan like that. Danzo put the Wood Release users under ANBU control and investigated the cause of the awakening.
The proposal was rejected forcefully, thinking that it would only lead to backlash.
In fact, the dissatisfaction of the Uchiha clan is also building up now. I will ignore the gossip behind it. Are you actually overhauling a hydropower station at a specially approved training ground? Pulling wires to the development zone? This is to bring more of the lifeblood of the development zone into your sphere of influence.
Are you resisting? It's a pity that the village's laws have not kept up with it. They usually rely on the power plants invested by the Fire Nation for power supply. There are no regulations on private power supply. Besides, they built it themselves and used it approved by the Hokage himself.
If you do anything else, won’t it make you rebound even more?
"Let's consider cultivating talents who use ninjutsu to assist industry and agriculture in the future." Hiruzen thought this way.
Hiruzen's attention to Himawari is only to the extent that he "inspired the fourth generation of Hokages to use ninjutsu to assist industry and agriculture, which is helpful for village construction." You must know that Naruto has many things to do, and there are many things that need to be dealt with every day, and he has no energy to deal with ninjutsu.
The scale is huge, but people are paying too much attention to the fact that the ninja's fighting skills seem to be declining day by day.
However, another report submitted by the ANBU responsible for monitoring the Uchiha clan forced Hiruzen to pay attention with wide eyes.
Fifteen ninjas from the Uchiha clan went out and discovered islands and sea areas where big monsters inhabited in the neutral waters between the Land of Fire and the Land of Yu. They also brought some samples back to Konoha Village.
There are not many procedures required to leave the village in peacetime. For example, don't Tsunade and Jiraiya often hang out outside? Even if the fifteen ninjas of the Uchiha clan occasionally go out collectively, there is no problem, but what they have done cannot be ignored.
Some high-level officials of Konoha were quickly summoned to discuss the matter. Representatives of the Inuzuka clan, the Onibear clan, the Aburame clan and other clans who were good at handling animals and bugs were also summoned. Of course, Uchiha Fugaku also had to be present.
Fugaku insisted that it was an accidental discovery. Now is the time of peace, and the Uchiha clan members don't go out for a walk. Sometimes, depending on the ninja's physique, it's okay to deviate from the main road and main route and just walk around.
It is a giant insect island outside the waterway route. Perhaps because there are many large insects, there are also giant birds and scorpions that feed on insects. The surrounding waters are also home to many giant marine creatures, including adults.
The Jounin of Konoha may not be able to win. But if there are larvae——
Finally, Fugaku made a strong suggestion: "I suggest that they be cultivated in large numbers and trained into ninja beasts, or contracted as psychic beasts, and spread into the hands of ninjas in Konoha who are good at handling them. This can greatly improve the strength of grassroots ninjas, some of which are special.
The species even has special abilities comparable to top-level ninjutsu, which is also very important to jounin."
Then the older generation of senior executives fell silent.
They have all seen the animal samples that were brought back. If they could be domesticated into ninja beasts, not to mention the one-horse ninja beasts that would sweep across the ninja world, it would indeed have the effect of increasing their combat power. But why did Uchiha, who was unhappy with being squeezed out, suddenly suddenly
Are you thinking about the interests of the village in this way? A form of demonstration to transfer the interests?
Hiruzen frowned and thought for a moment, then asked: "What about the fecundity, cost and difficulty of domestication?"
"After my subordinates' observation of the island, it is not a problem as long as there is enough food. The amount of food depends on the size of the individual. As for the difficulty of domestication, Hokage-sama, there is no problem at all in front of the Sharingan of our clan." Fugaku's last sentence
Very powerful.
Even the psychic beasts the size of the "Konoha Sannin" must be obedient when seeing the Sharingan. Please refer to the ending of Ten Thousand Snakes for details.
It turns out that this is the aspect of the demonstration, and Konoha's top management understands it a little bit. You know that the Sharingan can control the Nine-Tails, so what is a mere giant beast?
"So, do you want to leave this matter to the Uchiha clan?" Hiruzen asked with a frown.
"There are also many families in Konoha Village who are good at domesticating ninja beasts. If Hokage-sama wants to hand it over to them, we have no objection." Fugaku said that he was not so greedy.
"Objection." But Danzo, who had gauze wrapped on one side of his face and a crossed scar on his chin, was not happy. "From the perspective of the island and the sea area under its jurisdiction, although it is still a neutral zone, it is closer to the Land of Fire, and other places.
The big country is far away, and the claim can be attributed to our Konoha. If these large animals can be domesticated into ninja beasts, it is foreseeable that they will become the capital of Konoha to expand their combat power... However, they may also become the source of trouble. Once discovered
, will let other ninja villages start a war for snatching. Moreover, even if it becomes a ninja beast, its danger and practicality are not yet known. Therefore, I suggest that it should be handed over to the ANBU for sufficient experiments and rationing, and some
We will observe its use and then discuss whether to hand it over to ordinary ninjas."
If Sunflower or Crounpis were here, they would have complained in their hearts, "It makes so much sense but I have no words to answer."
Danzo is indeed looking for Konoha, but his selfish motives are also obvious here, because he is the leader of the "root" ANBU.
Of course Hiruzen could see it and said: "What Danzo said makes sense, but the strength of the ninja beast needs to have matching secret techniques to maximize its potential."
"My ANBU also has talents recruited by various families." Danzo said.
"Haha, but the quantity is a bit insufficient. That's fine then." Hiruzen forced the case as Hokage.
In the end, some families got animal samples that satisfied them and left. The ANBU naturally also had a share, but the big head was directly under the ANBU of the Hokage and not Danzo's subordinates, which made Danzo grit his teeth. There was no way to find an excuse. Who is called "
The "root" Anbu basically operate in the basement, which is not suitable for the growth environment of most ninja beasts.